43°17N 1°58W, pop (2000e) 172 000. Fortified Basque seaport, fashionable resort, and capital of Guipúzcoa province, N Spain; on R Urumea, 469 km/291 mi N of Madrid; bishopric; airport; railway; seaport trade, fisheries, electronics, gloves, dairy produce; Church of St Mary (18th-c), Mount Urgel Park; Tamborada (Jan), Semana Grande (Aug).
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Coordinates : 43º 19' 17 n. 1º 59' 8 w. Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) |
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| Native name | Donostia (Basque) | ||||
| Spanish name | San Sebastián | ||||
| Nickname | La bella Easo | ||||
| Founded | 1180 | ||||
| Postal code | 200XX | ||||
| Area code | 34 (Spain) + 943 (San Sebastián) | ||||
| Website | http://www.donostia.org/ | ||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||
| Autonomous Community | Basque Country | ||||
| Province | Gipuzkoa | ||||
| Comarca | San Sebastian | ||||
| Mayor | Odón Elorza (PSOE) | ||||
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| Land Area | 60,89 km² | ||||
| Altitude | 6 m AMSL | ||||
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| Population | 182,930 (2005) | ||||
| Density | 3,004 hab./km² () | ||||
Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque: Donostia, Spanish: San Sebastián, known officially as Donostia-San Sebastián), is the capital city of the province of Guipuzcoa, in the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country.
The city is located in the northeast of Spain, on the Cantabrian Sea , close to the French border.
The most important Spanish International Film Festival is held in San Sebastián, the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
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